Wednesday, April 26, 2017

In the world of non-gadgets and social networking we as children used to dive in the sea of our fiction characters. Thanks to our dear comic TINKLE J

Amar Chitra Katha this time has come up with a unique concept called “TINKLE BUDDY BOX”

It’s a magical fun box for children which will engage them for hours giving a run to the mobile games and videos.

A one-of-a-kind activity box, aimed at giving children ages six and up an exciting way to spend their summer holidays.

Dubbed the Tinkle Buddy Box, it contains a combination of games, puzzles, do-it-yourself arts and crafts, exclusive merchandise and a whole gamut of Tinkle stories

The Tinkle Buddy Box contains a never-seen-before

Tinkle board game which features all-time favorite Tinkle characters where one can take a trip across the Tinkle-verse

108- Piece jigsaw puzzle, starring the legendary Shambu, and a Tinkle card game, featuring Tinkle's most popular characters, Suppandi, Shambu and Tantri, which is all about quick reflexes

Tinkle card game

Exclusive Tinkle merchandise which include four Tinkle button badges, featuring old stalwarts like Suppandi and Shambu and newer Tinkle players like Wingstar and the Defective Detectives

DIY art projects and two mega Tinkle books.

An easy-to-assemble Suppandi Auto rickshaw that kids have to color in, and a foldable Tinkle paper plane that should be a lot of fun to fly

My daughter was very happy to see this colorful box. She is just 4 but enjoyed the board game and the DIY art.

I feel it’s a boon for parents who want to get rid of TV/Cell phones. We as parents should encourage our children to get involved in activities and reading. Remember our childhood! How adventurous and playful it was!Let us introduce our kids to the same world of excitement.

I am reviewing this box on for Amar Chitra Katha.

According to Tinkle brand head, Shriya Ghate, "Tinkle has always been about learning with fun, and the Tinkle Buddy Box is a logical progression of this philosophy. The Tinkle Buddy Box will be a fun and exciting alternative to the endless television, mobile and computer screens the modern Indian child is surrounded with, and will be the perfect companion for kids during the summer holidays."

The Tinkle Buddy Box is priced at INR 1500 but will be available at a special discounted introductory price of INR 1199 on www.amarchitrakatha.com. It will also be available on major e-commerce websites and leading stores across the country.

Sunday, March 26, 2017

“ArreDeva, this girl doesn’t understand. Laxmi gets up pattingher last chapatti on the hot earthentava which was capturing the fire from the clay stove.

The backyard of a small house is filled with soapy water flowing into a thin stream and then vanishing in the hard mud ground.

“Aai, I hate to wash these clothes. Whole day you make me work! When will I get time to study?”

Screamed Madhavi clearing some hair strands in front of her forehead with soapy hands.

This wasn’t anything unusual between Madhavi and Laxmi. Madhavi is Laxmi’s 16 year daughter who hates household chores like most of the teenage gals. But her dislike is for a cause. She wants some time off for herself to indulge in studies. She is far away from world of WhatsApp and internet.

Where would she get so much facility and a budget for ANDROID phone in a small village Morochi which is in Satara District of Maharashtra?

Her father was a poor farmer and mother a simple home-maker. They could barely afford two meals in a day. But Madhavi was very determined. She was born with big goals and a broader vision. She did not believe that a woman’s life is created just to start at her parent’s home with loads of work and no respect, and then move towards another completely unknown home and strangers and listen to them without raising your voice.

Although society is turning modern and women are competing with men, still in the most remote part of our countries these ideas are not yet freely welcomed.

Madhavi wanted to go to school and study and not just live life aimlessly.

“Oh! So you want to study? And then who will help me do all this work? And what will your in-laws say to us? That we didn’t teach you cooking and home making! Is that you want? To give chance to the society to blame your Baba and me?”Laxmi’s eyes started turning moist which almost shone in the basking sun.

“Aai please don’t start again. Trust me I have no intentions to let you all down in front of any one. I just want to study and stand on my feet. And I thought that would make you guys proud and not defeated.” Madhavi consoled her disheartened mother.

Laxmi wasn’t convinced she said “But Beta why you want to study. We don’t have enough funds for your education. Also our community does not encourage women to go out and wok in offices. Do you think it’s simple?”

“I know it’s not simple. But it’s not impossible. I will work hard Aai and obtain scholarships and study. You want to know why? Because we do not have any good schools in our village. And that is the reason no one wants to study from our village. The school is few miles away and winter and monsoons are hindrances to the school going children. I do not want that to happen.

I am not denying that women should skip all household work and not take care of the house. But also feel strongly that we have the right to study and shape our lives”

Madhavi had a twinkle in her eye as she was explaining this to Laxmi.

Laxmi could see the spark in her daughter. Some where she know GOD had gifted her a very ambitious and bold daughter. She was indeed proud of her. She decided to talk to her husband and send Madhavi to a good school in a town nearby.

She pulled Madhavi close to her and whispered something kissing her forehead. Her words were indeed the biggest strength for her daughter.

“I am proud of you child and I am sure you are here to make A Better Tomorrow”CheersRuchita

This story is written as a part of contest at my work place for International Women's day celebrations!!!

Monday, March 13, 2017

Blogadda had this unique activity of involving kids in story
telling! Kids are best at it. They have the wildest imaginations and super
logicJ

When the hamper arrived I knew my 4 year old daughter-Nishka
would be super excited to start on.

Colgate hamper consisted of 3 toothpastes packages which
need to be open wide and cut the space characters that were printed on the
inner side of the wrapper.

I briefed Nishka that every day Mumma tells you stores but
today you have to tell me stories. She was quite excited.

“But Mumma whose story should I tell you? The princess story
or the Jungle book?”

I smiled and said it’s all different. I shall give you
characters and you tell me story!

And she happily agreed.

She started cutting the pieces with me.

Than we placed the characters all together.

Nishka just enjoyed her Birthday on March 5. So she was all
in Birthday mood!

She told me my story is about SUN’S Birthday Party!!

I have got invitation from space – to celebrate Birthday
Party of the Sun,.

I told her “Mumma is scared to send Nishka alone, so will send
with her 12 year old brother krish.”

She said ok we both will go in spaceship.

And than she was just on and on with her imaginations J

Nishka and brother Krish landed and met the Sun. We wished
him “happy birthday.” There were other planets also Saturn, Jupiter who had
come for this party.

My school friend Rehaan has also come in his own cute
spaceship (there is a small boy in a spaceship).

All were having fun, singing happy birthday song and dancing
on

“Wheels on the bus go round and round..”

Suddenly there was sound and everyone was worried .UFO had
come . I was scared and hide myself behind the comet. Some people got down from
the UFO. The leader of them Mr. Green said that I live in Mars. Krish explained
Ok so you are Alien who lives in Mars the second planet of our solar system. Krish
had studied solar system recently in his school.

“Mumma I was not very scared of the Aliens because Teacher
has taught us that we all need to be friends and live together”

“We all had cake,chips,pasta and lemonade. Mr Sun also gave
us lots of return gifts.

All had party together. “

“Later it was time to come back.....so I said bye to all and
came back to you”

Monday, May 30, 2016

This is a review post for PAMPERS #SoftestForbabySkin Activity by
BlogAdda.

I received these 2 diaper packets and was asked to review them. Well I
certainly feel pampers are a super product and need no positive reviews for
them to be famous since they already are a well established household name for
almost all parents.

My daughter is 3 years old, I have been using pampers since she was 4
months! And trust me it’s a totally rash free no- sleepless night .

I have never used rash free cream before making her wear pampers. Well
pampers don’t need it !! J

Pampers are soft and highly absorbent and made with finest quality
materials which are soothing for a baby’s skin.

The diapers-L size fitted her perfectly and she seemed quite
comfortable. Actually I have been using the Pampers L size-Active baby diapers
which are not pant style but with tapes.

The new product launched by Pampers has more features than the previous
ones.

It’s been almost a week I am using those diapers once received from
BlogAdda; on my daughter and trust me the features which are mentioned are just
so true!

It’s very comfortable for the babies and they don’t even feel they are
wearing diapers.

It also has lotion which helps to moisturize your baby’s skin
leaving it soft and smooth. The 5 star skin protection enabled pants are so
light that your baby won't even feel wearing one - leaving them happy. They are
soft all around to protect sensitive baby's skin and are easy to change with
the side-on easily tear able feature.

The baby lotion inside the pants ensures the skin stays protected from
irritations while the wetness indicator that turns from yellow to blue lets
parents know about diaper change. Made of breathable materials, the premium
care pants stretch easy for comfy fit and facilitate easy leg movement through
leg cusp. They absorb liquids thoroughly through the extra dry layer and ensure
dryness up to 12 hours with the micro crystals present inside.

Thursday, October 8, 2015

Recently I was invited by Blogadda to pampers Event. We were
given goodie bags with The Pampers Premium Pants. So here is the review of the
product. I have a daughter 2.5 years old and apparently she is still a diaper
baby J

The diapers-L size fitted her perfectly and she seemed quite
comfortable. Actually I have been using the Pampers L size-Active baby diapers
which are not pant style but with tapes.

The new product launched by Pampers has more features than
the previous ones.

I have listed few of the features below:

All-Around Softness

Crafted with soft materials to provide all-around softness and comfort.

Up to 12 hours of Dryness

Ultra dry core quickly absorbs and lock away liquids.

Baby Lotion

helps protect your baby's delicate skin.

Breathable Materials

The micro pores help air circulation, allowing skin to breath.

All Around Fit

Stretchy 360 degree waistband and leg cuffs.

It’s been almost a week I am using those diapers on my
daughter and trust me the features which are mentioned are just so true!

Its very comfortable for the babies and they don’t even feel
they are wearing diapers.

It also has lotion which helps to moisturise your baby’s
skin leaving it soft and smooth.The 5 star skin protection enabled pants are so
light that your baby won't even feel wearing one - leaving them happy. They are
soft all around to protect sensitive baby's skin and are easy to change with
the side-on easily tearable feature.

The baby lotion inside the pants ensures the skin stays
protected from irritations while the wetness indicator that turns from yellow
to blue lets parents know about diaper change. Made of breathable materials,
the premium care pants stretch easy for comfy fit and facilitate easy leg
movement through leg cusp. They absorb liquids thoroughly through the extra dry
layer and ensure dryness upto 12 hours with the micro crystals present inside.

Blogadda in association with Pampers created a super event
which would benefit every parent who might be not sure if diapers are suitable
for soft skin and if so which brand is best at it.

Undoubtedly Pampers is one of the trusted brands amongst
diapers globally. The event was kind of mini launch of their new product first
time in India- Pampers premium Pants.

The event was hosted at JW Marriot,Mumbai. The event hall was
very nicely decorated with large pampers hoardings and cute baby pictures. There
were also baby dolls placed on the stage (wearing diapersJ )

TV Actress Mandira Bedi hosted the show and she welcomed
Actress Tara Sharma who was invited as a guest celebrity. Next she welcomed Pampers
R n D expert Dr. Wei Sing Long and Child Sleep consultant Ajitha Gopal
Sithepalli.

Tara is a super mom to 2 lovely boys she shared her journey
of motherhood and experiences that she came across. She also showed few
glimpses of her show where she tries to find pampers in the remotest part of
the country and she manages to get it!!!

Just as the event kicked off we were asked to vote for the
softest Pamper! How? There were 3 diapers placed on the table and we had voting
buttons with us. We just had to feel the diapers and vote. Well most of the
voting stood correct.

We were actually shown how the new pampers have been improved
and is super soft and has more absorbing capacity. There was a centre table
which looked like a mini lab. They actually showed us the absorbing capacity
which will help to keep the baby skin dry and rash free.

The event also broadcasted a super cute video which was an ad film for the new pampers product.

It was a very beautiful video which cannot leave you with dry eyes!!

The bond between a mother and a child is shown and brought out very beautifully.

Child Sleep consultant Ajitha Gopal Sithepallishared her views about safety of the child with respect to delicate skin at the toddler age and how pampers cater to that need.

The forum was open to audiences to ask questions and clear any doubts if we had.

And we left the event with memories and lovely good bags from pampers!!

We were given this premium product as a sample to try and also pen drive containing the video about this product.

Friday, August 21, 2015

“Let’s meet up at Rajni’s place tonight and watch this new movie. We shall download it while having dinner and post dinner will enjoy with popcorn and coke!”

“Abbe Paagal hai kya( are you mad)??” grinned Shanaya.” You think we can download the movie while we eat? It’s not possible yaar!!! You know the speed these days. They claim all strong networks but nothing happens. Talk about cell phone plans- 3G is marketed as top most speed but still many times it’s not satisfactory”

“AawL Ok than lets meet tomorrow. Maybe a day will go in the download!”

Probably this is what happens among most of the gangs. The plan is instantaneous but the download is not!

While walking by saw a big hoarding on the road said ....

4G??? And that too Airtel is claiming that it’s going to be a fastest network and also throwing an open challenge, in case we have a faster network they will pay our life time bills!!! Whoa.. That’s kind of too much!!

I don’t know if I want to enter the challenge but it really made my brains ponder!! What would I do if I get such a fast network?

AIRTEL 4G Mobile:

Who can stay without Whatsapp? Imagine videos downloading at an amazing speed!

I love watching you-tube when I am travelling. I try to catch up on some new interesting video, missed TV soaps and some new movie tailors.

I think it would be just fantastic to watch without buffer time and with such great speed.

AIRTEL 4G : HOME WIFI

Imagine at what rate a movie would get downloaded if it’s 4G! Would be just super. I think I would watch all possible movies and dramas by downloading instantly.

Just think about it and in not much time will get downloaded. No waiting time of 2-3 days J

My cousins stay abroad and we do Skype regularly. But many times we lose connections. But 4G I feel talking and connecting with them would be much easy and convenient

4G ON THE GO

4G Dongle

Well I am not always going to sit at home with the wi-fi. Our office does not provide a laptop but we have got connect from home facility. When I take my laptop out and while travelling to work I can use the 4G dongle and take remote access of my office machine and check my mails on the go! Which otherwise is not possible with poor network signals.

Waiting for a friend at some restaurant or coffee shop and nothing to do!!! Why not? Will have 4G to check some videos and surf the internet. Why wait alone